Thanksgiving 2012.

Our family enjoyed a very low-key, relaxed holiday weekend. We spent Thanksgiving morning in pajamas, watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, then joined my sister's family at my mom's house for an amazing meal. That evening, we started bringing out the Christmas decorations, which was exciting to both Ethan and Gracie! Our tree looks kind of pitiful this year. The ornaments from around the bottom keep disappearing...

Thanksgiving Morning. 

(Of course my two were the ones not cooperating, but I still love this picture!)

Since Sean was also off on Friday, we took the kids over to Sean's brother's house for a post-Thanksgiving breakfast. As much as we've enjoyed traveling to visit family in the past, it was nice to stay close to home this year. We're lucky to have family members who live within 10 minutes of us, so we still get that "togetherness" without the stressful car-rides or out-of-town trips.

Although my actual birthday was November 11th, I celebrated with Sean on Saturday. He was in California the day I really turned 29. He let me sleep in Saturday morning and took me out to lunch. That evening, my mom and Johnny came over to stay with the kids so we could have an evening out. We went to see The Story Tour, which is a concert featuring some of our favorite Contemporary Christian artists. It was FANTASTIC. Sean and I agreed, we would happily go see it again. We've been reading The Story (which inspired the music and tour), so it was amazing to watch the book and music come together like this. If you've been considering diving deeper into the Bible, this is one way to get started. I've greatly enjoyed rediscovering this part of history and becoming reacquainted with some of the most well-known Biblical characters.
Our Date Night :) It was one of the best belated birthday celebrations ever!

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  1. Platinum RoseNovember 29, 2012 at 12:41 PM

    I'm so glad you had a nice, RELAXING, Thanksgivng holiday. I will have to check out The Story, I've never heard of it before! What a nice birthday treat!

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